Ron Howard: Awkward teen moment turned into 47+ years of marriage
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- čas přidán 29. 03. 2023
- Famed Hollywood director Ron Howard walks us through his pursuit of marrying his high school sweetheart, Cheryl, including scouting her potential paths home from school to offer her a ride and mustering up the courage for another marriage proposal, despite earlier rejections. Now 47 years happily married with four kids and six grandkids, Howard explains how marriage counseling has helped the couple learn to problem solve. Plus, we hear from Ron’s daughter Bryce Dallas Howard, who offers up marriage advice passed down to her from her mom.
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My wife was my high school senior prom date. I was 18, she was 16. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. After our second date, and first kiss, I knew she was something very special. Five years later, still as a couple, we were married. Last year she, my best friend, my dear wife, passed away after a year long illness. I was blessed to be married to her 53 years of my life. There are no words to express how much I miss her. Ron Howard is a lucky man.....as was I.
There really are no words that can actually express how you feel ..I think only someone else who has had the type of relationship that you had with your wife can really understand that total feeling of loss..when I read your comment, I remembered exactly - I lost mine suddenly 11 yrs ago and I still miss him…take care
So sorry for your loss
I’m so sorry for your loss, but so happy for the years you shared with her.
I’m so sorry 😞
Thats beautiful! Im sorry for your loss. No words can comfort you.
We had this kind of marriage for forty years . ( he died last year) four kids and nine grandkids later I feel so lucky to have had this amazing relationship .
My condolences. I married my wife in 1991, when I was 19, and she was 17. Nobody was thrilled, but she earned a Health Sciences degree, I earned my MBA, we had five kids, and we had a house by the time we were mid 20s. I had come from poverty, my dad left when I was 11, and I was NOT going to have a similar life. I'm glad you had 40 years.
Lucky hard to find good decent love anymore u are the lucky ones I wish I was
I'm so sorry. I know you must miss him terribly. But I see you are thankful for the time you had together. I wish you healing.
You were so lucky.
My Heart goes out to you for the loss of your Love 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
Australia
You can hear how he still loves his wife the same teenage way 47 years later,this is so sweet,good for them!!!!
Thank you Graham for bringing good people into the light. 💗
My husband and I started dating in high school. I was 15, he was 17. We’re now in our 70’s and still together, and still in love.
God bless you both,that was a beautiful story.
Ah, that's sweet
That's a crime now
That is a true blessing. 💞
That is beautiful, and you are blessed. Some people never find love. My husband passed away in 2005.
I had two friends that were married on the same day as Ron Howard and his wife. The met them at LAX and took a picture with them in the airport. Both couples were also flying on the same plane to the same state for their honeymoons. Ron Howard and his wife sent them drinks while on the plane.
Oh wow that’s a neat story.
He is probably the greatest of all the child actors that transitioned into adulthood with 100% success. He has left a legacy of great wholesome entertainment in all the roles he has done, including Academy Award winning Director. He was blessed with really great parents. And they were in the show biz, too. They knew the vulnerabilities he was exposed to. His success is their success. Happy they were alive to see him get the Academy Award.
Plus Andy for a good mentor
Very true and he's such a wonderful person 💘
We watched Ron Howard grow up, and he grew up to be an amazing man who can act, direct, etc. He has always seems so genuine.
I remember my Dad asking me what kind of man I'd like to marry (when I was about 8) and I said straight away "Richy Cunningham!". I've never forgotten how pleased he looked.
I met my wife when she was 14 and I was 15. Came over to her house for a swim in her new backyard pool. We kissed and I was hooked. I asked her out that night and we were going to to have dinner at a local place and then to to movies. We made it to dinner but not the movies. We found a place to park and talk. By the end of the date we were going steady and we're never apart after that. Married 54 years and together 60. Two beautiful daughters and 5 wonderful grandchildren. She passed a couple of years ago. Have always loved her and always will.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
What a beautiful testimony of true love! I cried …
Lovely Walter.❤
I met my husband when I was only 25 years old, he was wonderful and sweet. Both of us Christian and for our decades of marriage loved one another. I am a widow now and can hardly wait to see him in glory one day. In the meantime I am grateful for all the blessings as the hard learning experiences
Same here. My husband and I met we were 15 in high school. He died in 2014. We are both saved and I will see him in my glory day.
hate to burst your bubble but your god doesn't exist.
I always love learning how couples meet and get together, especially the ones who've been together for so long that their individual identities are woven into one. This is such a sweet, wholesome love story.
We stay together because we become best friends.
@@ytubsave307 , and commitment, don’t you think? I love when Ron says they communicate and problem solve together. That’s awesome. We will be married 50 years next month! The time went so fast.
What a delight hearing an authentic love story.
Sounds like he was stalking her at the beginning 😂
54+ years married. Met at 16. Dated 5 years. My one & only love.
Gotta say hats off to Ron and family!!! It takes manners, patience, and a whole lot of empathy to make a marriage be sustainable for nearly fifty years!
What an inspiring story, thank y'all ☺️!
Hhhhhehhheh hehee- Man, so easily inspired
He is one of the only normals left in the Hollywood world.
@@sherrisRN right
@@freddyjisp3146 What does that even mean? Why do you state “easily inspired” as though it’s a bad thing? If not for inspiration, no matter how easily garnered, there wouldn’t be much in this world. From horse saddles to cars, without inspiration, they wouldn’t exist.
Let's not forget amnesia. ;-)
I turned 62 this year (2023) and I married my high school sweetheart a few weeks after my high school graduation. We will be celebrating 44 years of marriage in June. We both still feel like we're in our early 30's because we're fortunate enough to have optimal health. Looking forward to many more years with my guy❤
I admire his children. Their belief in a marriage is what a marriage is. Such strength.
My wife and I started dating in Junior High; just celebrated our 43 anniversary this week :) We're so blessed.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
It's great to see actors with morals and values. Actors that really value their marriage and take the commitment seriously. You can see the fruits of a happy marriage in the children. I really respect a man that values his wife and marriage.
Marriage doesn't have anything to do with morals and values.
@@9395gb Honoring your marriage and being faithful to your spouse certainly does. Maybe you don't value it but I do.
Reading and comprehension are essential .
My parents were like this. They loved their kids and would do anything for them but they were a unit.
Same here. They were the primary team; they made the decisions. Like Ron said, we were part of THEIR life.
@@tw_72 - Yup.. same here. Parents together 45 years.. 8 kids.. (including triplets) several grandchildren. They certainly had problems to overcome - but set the ultimate example by Overcoming Them Together. It was usually a circus.. but a fun way to grow up.
Same with mine. My dad used to say that our family would not work, if their relationship was not strong and healthy. They were married 52 years , had 4 kids, 2 grandkids and 12 great-grandkids, when my dad passed. My mom had a heart attack 3 months later. While she survived, she was never the same without my dad and she passed 3 years after he did.
I was 17 when I met my husband I’m 60 now, still together thru thick and thin. Marriage is work it’s about joy and sadness too. Births and deaths and having someone by your side. Sometimes you adore them and sometimes you don’t, but at the end of the day you lie down next to them❤
AMEN
Agreed
Unless you snore and then you sleep alone, but at least you both sleep and get up and love each other all over again in the morning.
Good for the Howards, and everyone with a similar marriage. I never met anyone I could call a soulmate. And now in my mid-60s, I really don't want to "go there" anymore. Way too much BS.
Frau n I are 74, happily married 53 yrs. Still googly-eyed.......🥰
Ron Howard…You are a class act! Your wisdom is refreshing!
I can’t think of a more well rounded human being than Ron Howard
I have ALWAYS said the couple should be first before the kids. Essentially if you keep your relationship strong, it really is putting the kids first.
Your relationship with your partner shouldn’t come first, it should be a priority as your children should be a priority. You shouldn’t create a dynamic where your child is aware that their parents relationship is first, and theirs is second. Like you can if you want, but that would definitely have an effect on how a person develops into an adult. Knowing that there’s a hierarchy system within your family, knowing that the person you love the most, the person who created you, doesn’t prioritise you or your siblings first. That would have a serious knock on effect of what their relationships look like, how they fit into the world and how they believe the world views them. I know you need to build a strong relationship with your partner, but you’re also shaping your children, and how you treat them is how they believe they should be treated. That’s second best, second priority.
@@86sineadwnah, couple comes first before the children. The original comment was spot on.
I don't think there's a simple answer here. Their approach was effective because they included their children in a happy environment. Put another way, they included their children in their relationship, rather than including each other in the responsibility to raise the children (which should be a given). However, if the environment is not a happy one, forget about any of the platitudes.
I think it's family first. They prioritized the things that made them a brick to stand long after the kids were adults.
A preacher at a wedding ceremony said, “children are the product of marriage, not the reason for it. “ Yes, the marriage is first. Children grow up and start their own lives. Marriage is supposed to be the rest of your lives.
My husband and I will celebrate our 50th next year God willing.
My wife and I are going on 28 years. My take on marriage is simple. It’s not love, it’s respect for your spouse. When you respect him or her , love follows naturally.
Ron and Cheryl are soul mates. They will be together forever in all their lives. They have created a beautiful, happy, talented family.
And it's important to note that even though they are soul mates; they have a very realistic perspective on what it takes for a marriage to work...last, e.g., marriage counseling, honest communication, not confusing being romantic with drama and trauma, etc.💖
My husband & I met at our sister’s college graduation in April of 1970,we were 17 & 18, he lived in San Diego & I lived in Boston, he flew me out to go to his senior prom & that night told me he would marry me some day…I thought he was crazy but lots of letter writing and to few visits, we were married 2 years later….best decision of our lives, we celebrated our 50th in August…..feeling very blessed for our love, children & grandchildren.
What a sweet, and uncommon love/bond they share. This is how our maker intended it to be!!
Hi how are you doing?
"Man shall cleave onto his wife and they shall become one flesh" .
God knows what we need.
Amen!!!!!
Awww, Ron is one of the good guys for sure. Yes, it takes two (sometimes more if you go through counseling), but I think his story of life-long love for his wife is sweet and heartwarming.
Congratulations Ron & Cheryl 47th Anniversary
My daughter is 16, and already saying she’s in love. At first, it was hard for me to accept, but seeing now how much her boyfriend cares for her, & the nice family he comes from, I can’t complain, & once I accepted this, I’ve given her space to flourish. If I had tried what Ron’s parents did, it’d never worked. There were times when my daughter said if I didn’t take her, she’d walk to see him. Very headstrong and independent. 😂
Looking back, seems the kids that hook up young have the strongest and longest marriages. They KNOW each other. Can't find one that has your back at age 28, BC they never really knew you, the real pure you.
@@kookietherapy9398 Thats an interesting thought.
@@kookietherapy9398 I agree. My husband and I met at 17 & 18, married at 21 & 22. I feel like we grew up together, and that’s what’s made it last. Also, similar backgrounds, childhoods, families.
There is definitely something with young love.
I’m in the same situation here also. It’s really difficult but I do see that she’s with a decent and hard working young man. If she’s treated with respect, then it’s all good.
It's so AWESOME hearing the success of marriages like this. We just celebrated 47 years on March 25th. We met in high school and married at 16&17. We don't like to fight or hurt one another. We have great respect for each other, and know communication is key!
I never found one, yet I knew this was the goal. Bless everyone who was smart enough to choose well.
I feel like this kind of love doesn't exist anymore. Every guy I meet are always about what can I do for them/what do I have financially/how soon will they get sex. There isn't any sweetness or kindness anymore. Or that excitement to see the person just because you like them so much. I'm always happy to see couples that are truly in love and have lasted for years and are still so genuinely happy.
It was rare 47 years ago. But, I do think that because of today’s cultural influences and the decline of our civilization, it’s much harder to find quality people that will put their partner first. We’ve been programmed to be entitled and too narcissistically inclined. The daughter is very lucky to have parents that modeled true love for her and her siblings. Don’t give in to the wrong person and don’t give up on finding the right one.
I hope you’ll meet the right person for you .Don’t give up hope Yes it’s very hard my daughter is 37 and is alone I was divorced and a single mum for 24 years before I met my partner
Unfortunately the societal “culture” -if U will, that has become the new norm these days; seemingly - is preventing this type of “ole” true love & story to exist…I believe U have to truly be an “old soul”-which there are many out there in the younger gens, but for them to find a soul mate -quite challenging, due to so many stressors in social/interpersonal actions and relationships. Plus, so many younger gens are so competitive amongst each other, who’s better at this/that or makes more $$$$, quite materialistic & narcissistic behaviors…It all starts in the home, how were they raised, were there 2 functional/healthy stable parents or 1 parent part-time parenting, etc., so many things to consider, really!
I agree, Lisa. The Pepsi Generation has evolved into the Me! Me! Me! Generation.
I feel that we live in a world where everything is disposable including relationships and people. Like if there’s a furniture or item that can be fixed, most would donate or throw away and buy the replacement easily on Amazon. And it seems that that’s how a lot of people or couples are today. If they’re no longer happy, they find someone new and the cycle never ends. Grant it, if one is in a very toxic/abusive relationship or marriage, please find a way to get out. But if there isn’t and the two just need a spark in the relationship, it’s important to work it out. I’ve been happily married for almost 16 yrs now and we have two kids ages 7 and 9. I hope we stay this happy for the rest of our lives bc I really can’t see myself starting all over and my husband said the same thing 🤣
Talk about a standard for a marriage. Man. Lucky people.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Burbank, my home town. Thanks for the memories, Ron, and congratulations on 47 years!
He's such a great guy. How did he turn out so normal?
His strict parents didn't let his acting go to his head and they kept him grounded.
He had great parents.
Starts at home.
That's so awesome that he had the cast of Happy Day's be part of his wedding!!!
I think this is a rare relationship, which sounds like it runs in the family at least for a couple of generations.
This was so nice to hear. Gave me a real, deep smile.
Hi how are you doing?
Oh my goodness. I feel so happy after seeing this video. Congrats on 47 years.
Nice to see someone that is so down to earth.
SO great to hear of strong committed marriages…including counselling…well done !!
Decades later dating is completely different. Very few marry their high school sweethearts or at an early age or stay together.....very sad.
They didn’t all work out well back then either, but we don’t hear about those.
@@halweiss8671 true not all marriages back then lasted but dating definitely has completely changed.....it's harder to meet people especially people who want a committed relationship. I'm sad that many young people will not experience a loving marriage that many people my age have been fortunate enough to have.
@@dianepereira1860 I agree with that sentiment. Dating in my youth (late 60’ to mid 70s) was about having fun while looking for your long term mate. It started to lose that latter part for many people, not long after those days.
now they've had sex with 20 people by the time they graduate high school, they have no idea how to have a healthy marriage or relationship
love, my mom said the same. you kids will grow up and leave, and have a life. My life is with dad.
Hello how are you doing?
So sweet and inspiring especially in Hollywood. I’ve always loved Ron Howard and I now love Bryce.
This story is beautiful! ❤😊 We have been married for almost 50 yrs. We were childhood friends in the same neighborhood since kindergarten. We have lots of go nowhere mini fights 🤣🤣🤣 he feels more like a bossy brother lolol😂 We were married at 18 yrs old. ( he told me stores didnt take checks so I wouldnt spend his 💰money lololol. I think I fell for that little fib for several years before I realized he was tricking me! 😂 omg! Lol. Marriage is a very special bond ❤️❤️😊
Opie Cunningham was a stalker! 😂
Awwww, his Happy Days co-stars attended his wedding.☺️
Some times you just know…. and when you know, you know! 55 years+
Ron, we have a 17 year old who is in the same situation like you were at 17. We are doing our best to keep her level headed , but when you’re a teenager in love it’s difficult!!
41 years and still committed to each other. Both 21! Now 61 and 62.....faithful to each other all these years.....We both came from families who when they said "I do"....THEY DID!
Their song is "Ventura Highway"!
Ron Howard, successful actor, director and producer. All the while maintaining his boyish charm. Definitely The Boy Nextdoor.
It couldn't fail! Ron just knew in his knower that she was the only one for him.
The best gift you can give your children is having a healthy happy marriage to model before them❤️
I’m same age and can relate to everything; the car, formals, music, hair! I had many the opportunity to date the ‘Ronny’ boys, you know, the good guys 😊. 🤦♀️ always went for the obnoxious jocks. Listening to this brings up real regrets ! ☺️
Still with my HS sweetheart, 36 years.
Beautiful red haired people!!! Love it!
I just love Ron Howard
Me too!
I do, too❤❤❤.
OMG, the first picture they showed looks like a tall Opie! So adorable.
What a lovely guy and fantastic couple ❤
Hello how are you doing?
I’m am not a celebrity groupie, I can’t think of a celeb I’d walk across the street to meet, but I’M IN LOVE with Bryce Dallas Howard!❤
Such a pity my husband didn’t think the same way, he chose his 18 year old (extremely manipulative & selfish) daughter over me, his wife. Everyone can see she will leave one day (sooner than later), & yet we have now been separated 9 months with next to no contact. I still miss him terribly, but there’s no going back! His loss!!!!
There is forgiveness.
It's still possible to make it work.
I will pray for you two to rejoin what God put together.
I have so much admiration and respect for Mr Howard. What a wonderful and talented man he is. ❤️❤️❤️
I have this kind of marriage. 36 years already! We courted a few months, I lived in Canada , he not and one day I said “ you want to get married, and he said, let’s do it”. I felt a peace inside because I had prayed for God to allow the right person to cross my path. Before that it was guys who were jealous for whatever reason and/or controlling. I believe if you put God first, He will direct you through all your struggles, all kinds of them❤
So refreshing. Ron & Levar Burton are 2 celebrity men I can sit and listen to for hours.
WOW!!!!! What a wonderful true story. Congratulations Ron and Cheryl Howard.
They've got it nailed!
💯‼️‼️💝
What a fabulous feel good story! Oh, yeah! This from one of the greatest story tellers of all times. 😊
My wife was 17 and I was 21 when we met in 1970. Engaged a year later and married a year after the engagement. I tell people we've been married 104 years.52 for my wife and 52 for me. We have 2 adult kids both in their 40's and 4 Grandies aged 10,12,17 and 20 at end of the week.
What a sweet love story.
Refreshing and beautiful❣️
Who knew Opie was a stalker?🤣🤣
I’ve seen your interviews before but these with Ron Howard as I continue to watch Andy Griffith reruns @ my age, 67 was rewarding, funny & admiration for Ron Howard. Thank you.
Thanks for watching, Bob!
"Going to church? Well, no-one can stop you from going to church!" 😅
Good interview.. I have watched The Help at least 30 times. ( Top5 for me). Just found out Bryce was Hilly Holbrook.. Shocked !!! I call mean women Hilly. Love the love story. Thank-You Ron Howard for,everything and You being You. Helps us all.
At 6:50 great moment in interview. You know that Ron is a good guy, and has his head on straight. This bares NO resemblance of Hollywood today. That's unfortunate.
Adorable story ❤ amazing how his voice literally hasn't changed at all from early days when watching programmes from UK 🇬🇧 at a young age!! So many achievements, guessing family is surely one of the best!! Xxxx
And that’s the way it’s done, folks.
refreshing and hopeful 🙏🙏❤❤
Old school acceptable stalking.
That was the most refreshing interview on love I've seen in a long time ❤
My parents have had a fairytale marriage which was amazing growing up as a kid and even now as an adult. There was no fighting. They showed lots of kindness and affection toward each other. It really created a feeling of safety, love, and security in the home. It does have one downside though. When you grow up in a home with a fairytale marriage you have extremely high and maybe unreasonable expectations of your own marriage. Marriages are very hard. Everyone is different. I wasn't prepared for the challenges of a non-fairytale marriage. Most marriages take much more effort to work and I had no idea that was the case because my parents were just so in sync and agreeable.
I'm sorry to hear that you're having to go through that. On the surface, being agreeable might actually be people pleasing/fear of man. If that is the case, things that need to be said end up not being said; and there is, every now and then, something to be said, because each spouse is a sinner. Therefore, my encouragement to you, rather than seeing conflict as a sign of a bad marriage is that you should see it as an opportunity to grow intimacy (the root word for conflict means something close to face-to-face). It's only an opportunity, though, if you know how to conflict well. Which means, don't be a W (withdraw) E (escalate) N (negatively interpret) or I (invalidate). Be precise in what it is that your spouse did that offended you (don't say you always do..., instead refer to when he/she did...). State how you'd prefer your spouse act in the future, and get her feedback (so she feels like part of the process). Bonus: Read Tim Keller's The Meaning of Marriage.
From playing Opie Taylor to Richie Cunningham, Ron Howard has grown up before our eyes into an amazing man. Still love The Andy Griffith Show and Happy Days to this day. Bless you and your beautiful family and thank you Ron for Opie and Richie.
To my knowledge, as of some time ago, Ron Howard still owned that light blue VW in that still photo.
WOW 2:37 ‘’Fire and rain’’song I come from school and I play it over and over like 5 times a day before my parents come from work.. Ron’s story makes me remember how I would go to a school and wait for a girl to show up in the morning and she never knew how she inspired me to be a good student just to meet her but sadly I lost her after the summer of 1974 she never returned to that school maybe her family moved out…I was 💔broken cause I was one year older was planning to talk to her as this was my last year in high school.. yah Fire and rain was one of my favourite songs for years.. we all grow up with Ron and Happy Days
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
A better time indeed. Totally.
I enjoyed these conversations. It was so nice getting to know the adult Ron Howard who is only a couple years younger than myself.
I subscribed because of THIS interview! I very much like Ron and how his marriage has lasted! Thank you for this interview!
Excellent interview
sounds like our marriage proposal. it happened in the car! I took my serious boyfriend to the pentecostal church i had been attending so i could return some books to their library on a weekday. the youth pastor met us and said to my boyfriend, oh why dont u come talk to me while she is choosing some more books, so they went off somewhere to chat. 20 minutes later, i had my new books chosen, they came back to the library and they were both smiling, the youth pastor announced to me "how would you like to meet the newest christian of this church?" I was estatic! we exchanged happy pleasantries, then the two of us went out to my car. after we got in, the first thing i said to him was "so, when u want to get married?" and here we are 46 yrs later!! 😁😁
Lovely story!❤
Very uplifting story 👍
I love this!
Ron Howard is the real deal. I worked for a company that was doing business with Universal Studios. A group of us got to meet Howard and Brian Grazer on the set of The Grinch. He is a perfect gentleman.
He's so right, the kids CRAVE the parents STABILITY & LOVING GUIDANCE & SUPPORT. ❤🌠
I want to thank you very much for putting this interview on CZcams, I always thought Ron Howard would be an interesting person to get to know and with this in-depth interview I have learned a lot more about his personality and his life. As he is only two years older than me I feel we sort of grew up in the same timeframe. And seeing him on TV so much in the 60s and 70s he’s sort of like family. thanks again, Mike Leitold. Montreal, Canada.